The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:7-33
(9) The promise of the Paraclete . read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:16-22
The departure of Jesus, with its experiences of sorrow and joy to the disciples. They were soon to stand in a new relation to Christ. I. THE DEPARTURE AND THE RETURN OF CHRIST . "A little while, and ye shall see me no more: then a little while more, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father? 1. Our " Lord foresees and declares his death as almost at hand . That would for the time sever him from the sight of his disciples. 2. He foresees and declares... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:16-24
(c) The sorrow turned into joy . In these verses he approaches the final farewell, in which the whole body of the disciples are introduced as inwardly or among themselves perturbed by the special difficulty of the words. Before the Spirit can do all this, a separation must be experienced. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:20
There is no exact or categoric reply to the very inquiry which he has heard and cited, but there is more of prophecy and help than if he had said, "Tomorrow I die and shall be laid in the grave, and on the third day I shall rise again." He had often said this, and they refused to understand. It was not merely a resurrection of the body, but the glorification in the Father of his entire Personality, for which he wished them to be prepared. A simple restoration like that of Lazarus would not... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:20
Grief and gladness. Our Lord gave his apostles to understand that he was no enemy to the emotions that are characteristic of humanity. By becoming his disciples men did not exempt themselves from the common sorrows, nor did they forfeit the common joys, of human life. But these emotions were to be excited by greater and worthier occasions than those met with in ordinary experience. To be a Christian is to know profounder sorrow, and to rise to loftier joy, than falls to the lot of the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:21
The next illustration is very remarkable, and surely cannot be a simple analogy of the supervening of joy on sorrow. The woman (the article does not point to any special γυνή , but refers to a universal fact and law of womanhood, cf. ὁ δοῦλος , John 15:15 ) when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come. So now there are the travail-pangs of the new humanity, the new theocracy, bitter and terrible, But as soon as she has brought forth the child, she remembereth no... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:22
And , so he continues, ye therefore £ indeed now have sorrow —your hearts are troubled, you weep and lament to-night, your desolation for "a little while" will be utter collapse and dismay— but I shall see you again. He does not repeat, "Ye shall behold me" ( θεωρεῖτέ με , cf. John 14:19 ), but "I shall see you ( ὔψομαι ὑμᾶς )." The same word, however, is used repeatedly in the record of the resurrection, and in John 16:19 he had said ὄψεσθέ με . The point of the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:22
"I will see you again." The sympathy and the wisdom alike of our Lord's declarations and promises to his disciples upon the eve of his departure, command our warmest admiration. He both felt for those who were about to pass through a trial so severe, and he knew how to minister to their heart's necessities. What a knowledge of human nature is apparent in this simple bat most significant promise! I. THE OCCASIONS UPON WHICH THIS PROMISE WAS FULFILLED . 1. Upon our... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:23
And in that day —that long and blessed period beginning at the Resurrection with your vision of me, and being ever more and more enhanced in blessedness by your intense conviction that "I am with you" and "see you," though you see me not—in that day ye shall put me no question, as in the old method of confidential intercourse of man with man. That period passes away with this solemn night. Not in this way will the intercourse be carried forward. "That day" started from Easter morning, and... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:28
Verse 28 28.I came out from the Father. This mode of expression draws our attention to the Divine power which is in Christ. Our faith in him would not be steady, if it did not perceive his Divine power; for his death and resurrection, the two pillars of faith, would be of little avail to us, if heavenly power were not connected with them. We now understand in what manner we ought to love Christ. Our love ought to be of such a nature that our faith shall contemplate the purpose and power of God,... read more